IK Multimedia presents: 2 New T-RackS Legendary Compressors/Limiters

Black 76 Limiting Amplifier

White 2A Leveling Amplifier

"IK Multimedia is proud to present the "Black 76" limiting amplifier and the "White 2A" leveling amplifier, two mixing legends now included as an add-on to T-RackS. These prestigious effects are available as single plug-ins for the most popular DAWs or can be integrated in the new T-RackS suite of mixing and mastering effects now updated with 64-bit compatibility both in standalone and plug-in mode."

$99.99 at IK Multimedia

Record to your iPad® with a Lexicon Omega

"Finally, you can do it all from the convenience and portability of the iPad! The Lexicon Omega streams 24-bit audio at 44.1 kHz sample rate to an iPad over the USB connection..."

Check Lexicon's website for more info.

The Lexicon Omega can be purchased at Sweetwater Sound for $179.95

Native Instruments 50% off in June

For more info go here

Waves 30% off on Bundles

MPX MASTER TAPE Modeled in association withEddie Kramer, the MPX brings the richness and warmth of analog tape saturation to your DAW. Read More » JOHN HAENY INTERVIEW Producer/engineer/sound designer John Haeny (Jim Morrison and The Doors, John Coltrane, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne) on his life in music and his role as an MPX co-developer. Read Now » NEW VIDEO A look at the Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter plugin, with producer/engineer Val Garay (Kim Carnes, James Taylor, Jackson Browne). Watch Now »

TC Electronic 50% off from June 1 - 15

TC Electronic Newsletter

Massive discounts on most TC Electronic plug-ins for two weeks! From Wednesday June 1 to Wednesday June 15 (both days included), you can save up to 50% on TC Electronic plug-ins for PowerCore and Pro Tools. For instance, you can save at least 50% on 'Assimilator', 'Fabrik C' and 'Restoration Suite' for PowerCore and from 30% to 50% on 'MD3', 'UnWrap', 'Harmony4' and 'DVR2' for Pro Tools. Also, you'll find a significant discount on 'Access Virus' for PowerCore! All PowerCore plug-ins come in VST and Audio Units versions, and the Pro Tools plug-ins are available in TDM format. All plug-ins support both PC and Mac. To get a complete campaign pricing overview, please visit www.TC-Now.com. NOTE! Please notice that future development of the PowerCore platform has been ceased, but user support is still available. Read more here. Did you like the content in this e-mail? Why not forward it to a friend

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XQP 545 Optical Disrupter

The 545 Optical Disrupter is an unusual compressor from the guys at XQP
"which creates an asymmetrical waveform as it compresses. It creates second-order harmonic distortion without clipping the signal..."


I can definitely see myself using this on individual sounds and drum loops.


Check out the video (examples of the 545 being applied occurs at 2:38)

$399 at XQP

"Crunk It" Gigi Barocco Vs. Jane Bang (extended version official video)

After almost two years of teaser tracks available over the internet, Jane Bang has finally released her first single "Crunk It" vs Gigi Barocco, under the Zooland Records Label. The song and official remix covers are available on iTunes and Beatport. The Music video for "Crunk It" was executive produced by Jay Schweid for VIC-ART (VIC-ART.com) along side Cross Street Productions Inc. and directed by Gianluca Fellini. Lead makeup was executed by Natalia Ramirez and lead hair was Joseph DiMaggio. The video was sponsored by Creep Street, Neff Headwear, Married to the Mob, Logan Neitzel, Enter Pronoun, Jump Shoes, Two In the Shirt, Bolt Cutter, Epitaph Collection Jewelry and Skull Candy.

Jane Bang is a provocative rapper with strong sex appeal and no censor button. With some select teaser tracks available through Myspace and the hype machine, Jane has built an uncanny following over the Internet practically overnight. She made her first entrance with the song "Untame", which depicts her racy beats with playful, biting dialogue -- which was accompanied with the music video. Staying true to her Brooklyn roots with old school rhyming techniques, she infuses beats from European influenced electro. Progressing from "Untame," Jane has finally released her first official single, with an entire album due to be released before years end. "Crunk It" features official remix covers by Dirty Disco Youth, Tom Deluxx and Symone. Jane embodies a femme take on edgy street style and is managed by 5 time Grammy winner Carlisle Young.

Old World Audio U33A Vari-Mu

The U33A tube compressor from Old World Audio "is a cross between an Altec 436, EMI RS124, Universal Audio175B and a Fairchild 670. Running channel A into channel B will yield some very interesting pumping and breathing effects". In Stereo mode it works exceptionally well on the 2-buss of a mix.
The controls consist of INPUT LEVEL, OUTPUT LEVEL, THRESHOLD, RELEASE and ATTACK. The threshold determines the compression ratio (turning the threshold clockwise increases the compression ratio). There are also VU MODE and MONO-STEREO switches.

The VU MODE selects between BAL which shows the relative balance of the tubes (nice feature). Normal operation shows no reading. A negative or positive reading implies tube replacement or re-balancing. COMPRESS shows the amount of gain reduction and OUTPUT shows the output level of the unit.

In stereo link mode only the ATTACK and RELEASE are linked (CH A controls are used. CH B is inactive). A 1k test tone is highly recommended to set the INPUT, OUTPUT and THRESHOLD controls so as not to alter your stereo image and balance.

SPECIFICATIONS

Frequency Response +0/-1 dB 10 Hz- 50 kHz.

Distortion @1 kHz 0.04% +10 Output Level.

Noise A Weighted -90 dB ref from +10 dB Output Level

Maximum Gain 30 dB

Attack Time (variable) 200 microseconds to 47 milliseconds (charging time)

Release Time (variable) 0.08- 1.5 seconds

Compression Ratio Variable 0 to 16:1 typ.

Input Impedance 1 K Transformer Balanced.

Output Impedance 600 Ohms Transformer Balanced.

Output Attenuator range 20 dB

Maximum Output +26 dBu into 600 Ohm load.

Supply voltage 110-130 Volta Ac, 50-60 Hz 60 VA.

Fuse 1 Amp, Time Delay, 5x20 mm.

Size 19” W x 7” (4U) x 14.5” D

The U33A is completely hand built and made to order,

$3450 at Old World Audio.

Good Morning!

PRAGUENOSIS! is one of my favorite instrumental albums.

"In the fall of 2007, uber-producer Salaam Remi journeyed to Prague to record an album and left with a masterpiece...."
Listen here.

National Moment of Remembrance

In 2000 then President Bill Clinton issued the National Moment of Remembrance resolution as a way for Americans "To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a moment of remembrance and respect".
So as we go about enjoying today's festivities let's take a moment to remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Are you willing to do whatever it takes to fulfill your dreams?

"My only dedication was to my happiness. I slept at Platinum Island this entire week while going to school during the day time. There was a rest room on the 2nd floor next to the tech shop that I would clean myself in. This rest room had a step up, unpainted and it was big enough for only a sink and a toilet. But that was my shower. A sink, a soap, a rag and a towel. I didn’t have toothpaste so I used salt...."
Read more here.

Pensado's Place: #20 - Katy Perry, Frank Ocean, and Engineer Andrew Wuepper

Pensado's Place: #19 - All Q+A Episode!

R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron

"Gil Scott-Heron, the poet and recording artist whose syncopated spoken style and mordant critiques of politics, racism and mass media in pieces like “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” made him a notable voice of black protest culture in the 1970s and an important early influence on hip-hop, died on Friday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan. He was 62 and had been a longtime resident of Harlem....."
Read the rest of the New York Times article here.

Neve Genesys Console/DAW Controller

The Neve Genesys is an expandable (up to 64 faders) hand-built analogue recording console with DAW control (Protools, Logic, Nuendo etc.) and a base configuration starting at $50,000.

The base model gives you 16 channels of mic/line preamps plus 16-channel DAW monitoring, hands-on DAW control, 8 auxiliary buses, 8 group buses, 2 main outputs, 4 effects returns, comprehensive metering, 5.1 monitoring, 2 cue mixes, talkback services and an internal power supply.

Although it is sold by several dealers overseas. Guitar Center Pro is the exclusive distributor in the U.S.
Visit the Neve website for more information on the Neve Genesys console.

Logic Pro 9.1.4 update - now opens Garageband/iPad projects

About the Logic Pro 9.1.4 update

 Compatibility

• Logic can now open songs created by GarageBand for iPad.

Performance and Stability

• Logic now provides more specific messaging when playback is stopped because of hard drive performance issues.
• Resolves an issue in which Logic sometimes performed very slowly after a project that was saved without assets was consolidated.
• Logic no longer quits unexpectedly when copying, pasting, or swapping voices between slots in Ultrabeat.

64-bit Mode

• Resolves an issue in 64-bit mode in which a generic interface for some 32-bit plug-ins was displayed.

Automation

• Resolves an issue in which moving a region to a different Arrange track assigned to the same channel strip could cause automation to be deleted.
• Drag-copy of automation curves now works as expected on grouped tracks.
• Moving an automation node that lies between two other nodes of the same value to the left or right no longer causes it to decrease by -0.1 db in value.
• Resolves an issue introduced in Logic 9.1 in which performing Undo after using the "Move Visible Track Automation to Region" command would delete the automation.

Audio Editing

• Resolves an issue in which performing Undo after creating an alias for a region would shorten the region in No Overlap mode.
• Audio Regions that contain slashes in the name can now be successfully merged using the Glue Tool or Merge command.
• Quantization of audio regions that have stretched or compressed and contain tempo information now works reliably.
• Quantize and Q-Strength now work properly on regions created by exporting a Comp from a Take Folder.
• Resolves an issue where lengthening an audio region could sometimes cause the audio to unexpectedly stretch.
• Performing Undo after flattening Takes on a group of flexed tracks now works as expected.
• Takes no longer sometimes display as soloed when their parent Take folder is disclosed but not selected.
  
• Fixes an issue in which dividing a take region that had been created by merging several take regions together could cause the area to the right of the edit to disappear.
• Resolves an issue in which moving a take region with Quick Swipe Comping disabled sometimes did not move the corresponding take region(s) in tracks within the same Edit Group.
• Fixes an issue in which dividing a take region that had been created by merging several take regions together could cause the area to the right of the edit to disappear.
• Resolves an issue in which importing a Take folder into a project with a matching track could cause existing takes to be removed from Take folders in the original track.

Control Surface Support

• Resolves an issue introduced in Logic 9.1.2 in which pickup mode for generic control surfaces did not work as expected.

General

• Resolves an issue in which the key commands Next Screenset and Previous Screenset were reversed.
• If the Startup Action preference is set to “Ask,” it is again possible to open a project by dragging it onto the Logic icon while the Startup window is open.
• The default region quantize setting is now maintained after importing channel strips from another project.

Download the update here.

For more info on Logic Studio Pro visit http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/

Harrison Mixbus 2.0

Harrison updated their MixBus Software (first released in '09) to Version 2,0 today. They've added many features requested by their 

users and "refined the operation of Mixbus to make it faster, easier, more stable, more creative and more FUN to use."

Here's a summary of the most-requested features that can be found in Mixbus 2.0:

Editor Improvements:

• New, improved Crossfade, Layering, and Automation editing.
• "Smart Object" Mode :  Allows a combination of object and range mode.
• Ripple Editing mode : Greatly speeds up the process of spoken-word and radio edits.
• Regions are transparent while being dragged, but switch to opaque when you drop them in place.  Line up transients on overdubs with ease!

New Mixer Features:

• 8 Mix Bus Sends!  We doubled the mixbuses so there are enough for groups as well as FX returns.  Even more of what made Mixbus special!
• Plugin Effect Control Sliders allow you to map plugin controls directly to controls on the mixer strip.  Give your plugins the Mixbus treatment!
• Input Trim, Makeup Gain, Sidechain, and Master Limiter controls are now available directly from the mixer window.
• Improved Mixer navigation and display, including narrow mixer strip and the ability to show/hide Mix Buses as needed.
• New Phase-Correlation meter on the Master Bus displays mono compatibility of the stereo mix.
• Polarity (phase) buttons for every mixer strip.
• Plugins, sends, inserts and the fader now appear in a single redirect box at the top of the mixer strip.  This allows easier signal reordering and allows more space for Mixbus controls.

Other Improvements:

• New, better documentation and easier installation.
• More keybindings such as mute/solo/record for selected tracks.  Keyboard power-users never have to touch the mouse for recording & editing.
• Taller, higher-contrast faders on the mixer strips.
• Many user-suggested menu tweaks which make the most-used functions easier to find.
• Range-selection behavior now allows you to drag down across multiple tracks at once - while also supporting edit groups.
• Realtime automation recording is much more robust; you can even record automation while looping!
• Automation and Region Gain Line editing is much faster.  You can now grab a range of time and drag the automation line for quick level rides.

$219 at Harrison's website.

Listening Challenge: Pro Tools “In the Box,” Neve 8048, and Pro Tools HEAT

Avid has posted a listening challenge on their website comparing a Protools ITB mix with a ITB mix summed on a Neve 8048 and an ITB mix with their very own HEAT plugin. It would be interesting to see which option is the most popular choice.

From the website:

"Many audio professionals believe that certain Neve consoles are the Holy Grail of analog mixing supremacy and are key to getting that coveted warmth in your digital recordings. Many others believe that you can get the same sonic richness mixing in Pro Tools, using plug-ins and no analog gear whatsoever. Still others believe that the answer lies somewhere in between, using analog inserts or summing boxes with an “in the box” Pro Tools mix.

We thought you’d be interested in finding out if your beliefs are in tune with your actual preferences. So, we did a fun experiment (similar to one we did several years ago with a vintage SSL console) at the world famous Village Studios in Los Angeles to see how closely a Pro Tools “in the box” mix being summed on a vintage Neve 8048 console compares with a mix done only “in the box” in Pro Tools—and “in the box” with our new HEAT software add-on, which brings the warmth and character of vintage analog gear to Pro Tools|HD mixes. We invite you to hear the results and judge for yourself."

http://www.avid.com/us/resources/HEAT-Listening-Challenge

Good Morning!

Waves MPX Master Tape

Just received an email from Waves announcing their new MPX Master Tape Plugin:

"Developed in association with Eddie Kramer, the MPX Master Tape plugin is modeled on a rare machine consisting of an Ampex 350 transport and 351 electronics. With adjustable tape speed, bias, flux, wow & flutter, and noise parameters, the MPX provides comprehensive control over the contours of your sound. And to top it off, we’ve added a flexible slap & feedback delay, ideal for rock, dance, dub, you name it. For recording, mixing, mastering, and more, bring the richness and warmth of real tape saturation to your DAW with the MPX Master Tape. It’s the reel deal." Read more:http://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=11702#ixzz1NUk5Pe38 Special Introductory Price - $99 Native/$149 TDM